Saint Clare of Assisi - Santa Clara, CA
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N 37° 20.961 W 121° 56.475
10S E 593772 N 4134153
Saint Clare is known as Santa Clara in Spanish.
Waymark Code: WMQF6E
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2016
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This sculpture is located on the facade of Mission Santa Clara de Asis above the entrance.
She is depicted as a young woman, standing, dressed in her monastic habit. She holds a staff in her left hand and another object in her right.
Wikipedia (
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"Saint Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clair, Claire, etc.) (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253), born Chiara Offreduccio, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman. Following her death, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares."